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The Wide Tooth Comb Is the Least Glamorous Tool That Saves My Hair

The Wide Tooth Comb Is the Least Glamorous Tool That Saves My Hair

A wide tooth comb is the simplest tool in any bathroom and the one stylists tell you to use on wet hair first. It detangles without the snapping and stretching a brush can cause, and the good ones glide rather than snag. These twelve range from hand-finished acetate combs to painted ones and shower-proof basics.

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How to Find the Best Shampoo for Your Hair, Not Someone Else's

How to Find the Best Shampoo for Your Hair, Not Someone Else's

The best shampoo is less about the label and more about matching the formula to what your hair actually needs. Damaged hair wants repair, dry hair wants moisture, and most people just want something gentle enough for regular washing. These twelve are sorted by exactly those three needs.

The Best Heat Protectant Spray for Blowouts, Flat Irons and Curling Wands

The Best Heat Protectant Spray for Blowouts, Flat Irons and Curling Wands

The best heat protectant spray is the one you actually use before every blow-dry, because heat damage adds up quietly. The newer formulas protect, smooth and even help a style hold, so they feel less like a chore. These twelve cover blow-dry mists, dry-finish sprays and a few formulas that add volume.

What a Hair Growth Shampoo Can and Cannot Do for Thinning Hair

What a Hair Growth Shampoo Can and Cannot Do for Thinning Hair

A hair growth shampoo cannot regrow hair on its own, but the right one can make thinning hair look fuller and keep the scalp in good shape. The newer formulas use ingredients like rosemary, peptides and plant extracts, and focus on the scalp as much as the strands. These twelve are split into scalp-first, thickening and density shampoos.

Best Scalp Treatments for Dandruff: Shampoos, Scrubs, Leave-Ons

Best Scalp Treatments for Dandruff: Shampoos, Scrubs, Leave-Ons

The best scalp treatments for dandruff start with a proper active ingredient in the shampoo, then add scrubs, masks or leave-ons. I go through anti-dandruff shampoos from Ouai, Oribe and Mizani, plus what I would skip.

The Best Collagen Picks, From the Morning Scoop to the Night Cream

The Best Collagen Picks, From the Morning Scoop to the Night Cream

The best collagen routine works from two sides: a daily powder or capsule if you enjoy one, and creams and masks for how skin looks and feels right now. Here are the powders, capsules and gummies, the serums and creams, and the masks and patches, with realistic hopes for each.

Best Vitamins for Men, Starting With a Word From 1912

Best Vitamins for Men, Starting With a Word From 1912

The best vitamins for men are the ones that fit the gaps in your own diet. Here are daily multis, gummies and formulas for men over 40, 50 and 55, and how to choose one.

Best Olly Vitamins: Gummy Multis, Sleep, Stress and Gut

Best Olly Vitamins: Gummy Multis, Sleep, Stress and Gut

The best Olly vitamins depend on your goal, with gummy multis, focus, sleep, stress, gut and beauty formulas to choose from. I walk through how they differ and how to pick one.

The Best Tinted Moisturizer for Mature Skin, Since Laura Mercier's 1996 Idea

The Best Tinted Moisturizer for Mature Skin, Since Laura Mercier's 1996 Idea

The best tinted moisturizer for mature skin is a sheer, glowing formula that hydrates first and adds color second. I go through SPF options from NARS, Laura Mercier and Bobbi Brown, plus a few more skin tints.

Elemis Pro Collagen and the Seaweed Behind It

Elemis Pro Collagen and the Seaweed Behind It

Elemis seaweed is a brown algae from the Mediterranean, the ingredient behind the Pro-Collagen marine cream that launched the range in 2003. I go through the creams, serums and eye care, then the cleansers, mists, oils and exfoliators.

Lipstick That Feels Like Lip Balm: Maybelline Serum and More

Lipstick That Feels Like Lip Balm: Maybelline Serum and More

A lipstick that feels like lip balm, such as the Maybelline Serum Lipstick, puts hyaluronic acid and a blend of oils inside a classic bullet. I go through serum and balm lipsticks, sheer shiny ones, and lip oils and tinted balms.

Grande Lash Serum, What It Can and Cannot Do, and the Alternatives

Grande Lash Serum, What It Can and Cannot Do, and the Alternatives

Grande lash serum is the GrandeLASH-MD formula Alicia Grande developed with chemists and ophthalmologists for longer, thicker-looking lashes. Here it is with the Peptide+ version, the brow serums, four other lash serums and the conditioning mascaras.

The Dyson Hair Dryer, Four Years of Engineering and One Very Quiet Handle

The Dyson Hair Dryer, Four Years of Engineering and One Very Quiet Handle

A Dyson hair dryer arrived in 2016 after four years of development, and it changed what people expect a blow-dryer to sound and feel like. Here are the Supersonic Nural colors, the other dryers people line up beside it, and the sprays I put on damp hair first.

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The Eye Mask Edit: Under-Eye Patches for Puffy Mornings and Long Flights

The Eye Mask Edit: Under-Eye Patches for Puffy Mornings and Long Flights

An eye mask for skincare is a soaked patch that sits under the eyes for a few minutes to hydrate, cool or plump. Here are the retinol, peptide, gold and cryo versions I would reach for, and what each does best.

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TYMO, the Straightening Brush That Started With Thicker Hair in Mind

TYMO, the Straightening Brush That Started With Thicker Hair in Mind

TYMO came out of China in 2019 and reached the U.S. with a straightening brush built for coarser hair. Here are its brushes and combs, the curlers and wavers that came after, and the heat sprays I would put down before any of them.

Tanning Oil, Rethought: Glow Oils With SPF, Shimmer and Sunless Drops

Tanning Oil, Rethought: Glow Oils With SPF, Shimmer and Sunless Drops

Tanning oil used to mean baby oil and a burn, and the first commercial one dates to the late 1920s. Here are glow oils with sunscreen, shimmer and bronzing oils, and sunless drops for color without the damage.

Saltair Deodorant and the Rise of Skincare for Underarms

Saltair Deodorant and the Rise of Skincare for Underarms

Saltair deodorant is a 5 percent AHA serum from Iskra Lawrence's body care brand, made to control odor and care for skin. Here it is with the acid gels, aluminum-free sticks and scented balms I would compare it with.

Medicube Collagen Mask and the Overnight Masks I Would Sleep In

Medicube Collagen Mask and the Overnight Masks I Would Sleep In

The Medicube collagen mask is a wrap-style night mask you peel off in the morning. Here it is with hydrogel and sheet masks, Korean sleeping masks and the overnight creams I reach for on dry nights.

Blue Lizard Sunscreen, the Bottle That Notices the Sun Before You Do

Blue Lizard Sunscreen, the Bottle That Notices the Sun Before You Do

Blue Lizard sunscreen came to the USA from Australia in 1998 and became known for a bottle that changes color in UV light. Here is the family of mineral lotions from sensitive to sport, plus the face sunscreens I wear under makeup and the body formulas for beach days.

Bounce Back: medicube Collagen Jelly Cream and Its Closest Relatives

Bounce Back: medicube Collagen Jelly Cream and Its Closest Relatives

The medicube collagen jelly cream became one of the most talked-about K-beauty moisturizers of the last few years, and the bouncy texture explains it. Here are the gel creams that feel similar, the serums and masks that pile on peptides, and the overnight masks for sleeping in.

The Best Face Sunscreen for Men Began With a Sunburned Swiss Chemist

The Best Face Sunscreen for Men Began With a Sunburned Swiss Chemist

The best face sunscreen for men is the one that feels like nothing, so he actually wears it every morning. This edit covers matte lotions for oily skin, sunscreen sticks that live in a jacket pocket, and lighter milks and serums for daily use.

French La Roche-Posay Sunscreen: Anthelios Picks

French La Roche-Posay Sunscreen: Anthelios Picks

La Roche-Posay sunscreen takes its name from a French spa town, and the Anthelios line is what the brand is best known for. Here are four Anthelios formulas for the face, other sunscreens with similar textures, and body oils and mists for skin below the neck.

Lip Stain, From Boiled Rose Petals to a Peel-Off Trend: My Stack

Lip Stain, From Boiled Rose Petals to a Peel-Off Trend: My Stack

A lip stain is one of the oldest tricks in the lip kit, and the modern versions range from peel-off liners to glossy tints. Here is how I build a stain that lasts, with the liners I layer underneath and the tinted balms I put on top.

Centella Sunscreen, Sorted: Gotu Kola Calm With Real SPF Behind It

Centella Sunscreen, Sorted: Gotu Kola Calm With Real SPF Behind It

Centella sunscreen is a corner of K-beauty worth shopping with a clear head. Here are the gentle face SPFs I trust, the centella serums and ampoules that sit underneath them, and the soothing creams for the evening.

Foundation Makeup by Finish: Tints, Serums, Full Coverage

Foundation Makeup by Finish: Tints, Serums, Full Coverage

Foundation makeup has swung from one matte finish to skin that looks like skin, and the best answer today is a hybrid. Here is how I sort skin tints, serum foundations, full coverage formulas and sticks by the job they do. Judge the one you pick at hour six, not in the swatch.

Rituals: The Sakura, Karma, Jing And Ayurveda Body Care Lines Explained

Rituals: The Sakura, Karma, Jing And Ayurveda Body Care Lines Explained

Rituals began with one shop in Amsterdam and a founder who wanted everyday washing to feel like a pause. Here is how I would choose between Sakura, Karma, Jing and Ayurveda, from foaming shower gels and body creams to candles and a pillow mist.

Snif and the Case for a Wardrobe of Scents Instead of One Signature

Snif and the Case for a Wardrobe of Scents Instead of One Signature

A look at Snif, the fragrance brand that sells scents with a seven-day trial and names them like inside jokes. Start with Sweet Ash, Crumb Couture, 2% and Vanilla Vice, then layer with the candle and body whips.

Flowerbomb Perfume and the Diamond Grenade That Made Florals Loud

Flowerbomb Perfume and the Diamond Grenade That Made Florals Loud

Flowerbomb perfume began in 2005 as Viktor&Rolf's first fragrance for women, a diamond-cut grenade full of jasmine, orchid and rose. This edit follows the Flowerbomb family, then visits four other houses that write a big floral of their own.